Living in Quebec, I had always assumed that this tune originally came from
the traditional Quebec dance "La Grande Chaîne". The tempo fits a Quebec
reel tempo. It is a favourite tune of Quebec fiddlers.
Richard
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From: "DEREK LOFTHOUSE" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Cc: <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, July 08, 2010 12:34 PM
Subject: [NSP] Re: The Grand Chain
legend has it the grand chain was picked up, in Quebec,by the Boys of
the Lough during a north american tour. I am guessing that grande chien
sounded to their ears like grand chain and no attempt at actual name
translation was made.
works for me, but i am only guessing
derek
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From: [email protected]
Date: Thursday, July 8, 2010 9:54
Subject: [NSP] The Grand Chain
To: [email protected]
> I've just gotten my copy of the Northumbrian
> Pipers' Third Tune Book,
> 2nd edition. There's a tune whose title is
> given as "THE GRAND CHAIN
> (Le Grand Chien)." Now, since this is a
> second edition, I'm assuming
> that it wasn't just a typo, so I'm curious about
> this title. Was it
> just translated by somebody who was more interested
> in daydreaming
> about pipe tunes than paying attention during
> French class, or does the
> mistranslation actually have some interesting
> history behind it? I'm
> not meaning to be arch, but I do find this interesting.
>
> Alec MacLean
>
>
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